Improvement in seed-planters



@diritta iatza Letters Patent No. 108,988, dated November 8, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN SEED-PLANTERS.

*Or-vf .The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

'To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, JAMES M. ELLIOTT, of Winnsborough, in the district of Fairfield and State of South Carolina, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Seed-Planter; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this speciication. Figure l is a vertical longitudinal section of my improved machine, taken through the line a; af, iig. 2.

Figui-e2 is a bottom view ot' the sarne, parts being broken away to show the construction.

.My invention has for its object to furnish au improved machine for planting cotton and other seeds, and for distributing guano and other tine fertilizers, and which shall at the same time be simple in construction and effective in operation; and

It consists in the construction and combination of the various parts of the machine, as hereinafter more fully described.

A are the side bars ot' the machine, which are connected to each other and held in their proper relative positions by the cross-bars or rounds B, and upon the rear ends ot' which are formed handles for controling the machine.

Gis a wheel for opening the'ground to receive the seed, the face of which is made V-shapcd, as shown in rigs. l and 2.

The beveled or V-shaped face of the wheel U may be plated with cast ring-plates, made in two or more sections.

The wheel C is attached' to a shaft, l), the journals of which revolvie in the bearings or blocks E, which are bolted to the under side of the forward ends of the bars A, said bolts passing through slots in the said block, so that the blocks may be shifted to regulate the tautness of the band or chain.

The blocks E are groovcd upon their' upper sides, to fit upon the lower sides of ythe bars A, to enable them to be held more firmly. 1 To -thc shaft D is attached a pnlley,.1", around which passcsan endless band or chain, G, which also passes laround the pulley 1lattached to the stirrershaft I, which passes through and works in bearings in the sides ot the hopper J. v

The hopper l is securely attached to einl oi' thc side bars A, and its bottom is made in the form of an arc cfa circle, and is slotted, to allow the seed to pass out.

To the shaft l, within .the hopper J, is attached a circle of radial fingers', K, which, as thcsaid shaft re volves, passes through the slot in the bottom of the hopper J and forces'oui the seeds.

ted in its lowest part or angle, to allow the seed topass through to the ground.

One of the inclined parts of the plate M is made longer thau'the other part, to bring the slot in its lower part to the center of the machine, and directly over the furrow opened by the wheel (I.

The escape of the seed or fertilizer through the slot` in the bottom of thc hopper J 'is regulated or wholly prevented by the strap N, which is slotted to allow the seed to pass through, passes beneath the curved' bottom of the hopper J, and its forward end passes Athrough a block orkecper attached to the lower or tree end of the spring O, where it is adj ustably secured hy a pin passcdthrough one or the other of the holes through the said strap.

The rear end ofthe strap Npasses through a notch, slot, or keeper formed in or attached to the shaft P, where it is adjustably secured by a pin passed through the said strap N.

rlhe 'ournals oi' the shaft l worli in bearinos in the bars A, and to it is. rigidly attached the lower end of y, the lever Q, so that, by operatingthc llever Q, the

strap IT may be made to wholly or partiallyl cover' the discharge slot through the bottom of the hopper, to regulate or prevent the escape of'the seed.

The lever (')is held in place when adjusted by pins attached to the side ol the hopper J, and when the said lever is released the elasticity of the spring O at once draws the strap N back to its. former position. l 1- It is the covering-block, the under side of which is concaved'to give the proper form to the top ofthe row or ridge, and its ends are securely attached to the lower ends ofthe bars S,.the upper ends o't which are pivoted to the side hars Aa little in front of the hoppcr J.

'lo the coverer lt are attached the lower cndsof the spring bars T, the upper ends of which are con` nected by a round or handle, U, and which have holes formed through them, to receive pins attached to the rear cross-bar B, to hold the coverer securely in any position into which itmay be adjusted.

Y is the draft-bar, which is pivoted to the forward ends of the side bars A, as shown in igs. 1 and 2.

Having thus described my invention,

am effet;

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters ment-- 1. The combination ofthe frame FFB, V-slmped vheel C, adjustable blocks or bom-ings E, pulley F, ndless chain or baud G, pulley H, stirrer I K, hoper J, stationary ngers- L, and V-slmped guide-plate I, with erich other, substantially as herein shown and escribed, und for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the spring O, slot-ted strap N, )ller P, and lever Q, with euch other, and with the slotted bottom of the hopper J, substuntiall y as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination ofthe pivoted bars S, eoveringblock R, und l(uljustztble spring bars T, with euch other und with the frame A B, substantially its herein shown and described, und for the purpose set forth.

JAMES M.l ELLIOTT.

Witnesses:

J As. A. BRICE, O. M. CLARKE.' 

